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498-007USAID PROGRAM: Asia and the Near East Regional
PROGRAM TITLE: Analysis and Development of New Strategy Areas (Pillars: Economic Growth, Agriculture, and Trade; Global Health; Democracy, Conflict, and Humanitarian Assistance)
TITLE AND NUMBER: Program Development and Learning (PD&L), 498-007
STATUS: Continuing
PLANNED FY 2002 OBLIGATION AND FUNDING SOURCE: $28,135,000 DA; $8,450,000 CSH
UNOBLIGATED PRIOR YEAR FUNDS AND FUNDING SOURCE: $1,996,000 DA; $2,000 CSD
PROPOSED FY 2003 OBLIGTION AND FUNDING SOURCE: $42,722,000 DA
INITIAL OBLIGATION: FY 1995 ESTIMATED COMPLETION DATE: ContinuingSummary: The Program Development and Learning (PD&L) strategic objective is funded with both ANE regional and bilateral mission funds to finance short-term activities. Needs are determined on an annual basis to address current priorities and demands. PD&L funds finance activities and advisors that support the following functions:
- the development and refinement of new strategies for country and regional programs;
- the development of forward looking analyses that identify emerging development problems and opportunities in the region;
- the review of the implementation and coordination of programs in specific sectors (health, environment, economic growth, and democracy and governance) across the region to identify trends or common challenges;
- the evaluation and assessment of bilateral and regional development programs; and
- compliance with the Agency’s and U.S. Government’s reporting and public information needs.
Child Survival and Health (CSH) funds will be used for technical analyses, data collection and dissemination to guide and refine future population, health, and nutrition (PHN) programming in the ANE region. PD&L activities undertaken by missions with their funds will be notified under separate Congressional Notifications (CN).
Inputs, Outputs, and Activities: FY 2002 Program: The ANE Bureau plans to use PD&L resources to finance the analyses, technical assistance and training that will support the development and implementation of new programs and activities. The following represent examples of possible PD&L-supported activities: use development tools to address complex conflict issues as in Nepal; improve access to credit and financing; accelerate the spread and application of internet technology to development challenges; encourage and support transitions to more democratic and pluralistic societies in several countries in the region; reduce public sector corruption through improved governance, transparency and oversight; reduce the ability of criminal and terrorist organizations to launder illicit funds through the commercial banking systems in the region; respond to the growing number of conflicts over water resources in the region; improve agriculture productivity through the use of modern technology; improve human capacity development; support the design and initial implementation of new initiatives following the Global Development Alliance (GDA) business model; and improve the delivery of HIV/AIDS, maternal/child health, nutrition and family planning services.
FY 2003 Program: USAID plans to use FY 2003 PD&L resources to continue to develop new programs in the areas identified above. In addition, USAID will expand support of the design and implementation of public-private partnerships in the agriculture and environment sectors under the GDA business model. Child Survival and Health (CSH) funds will be combined with Development Assistance (DA) funds in FY 2003.
SUBMISSION OF THIS PROGRAM DATA SHEET CONSTITUTES FORMAL RENOTIFICATION OF USAID’S INTENT TO OBLIGATE FY 2002 FUNDS FOR THE ACTIVITIES DESCRIBED ABOVE. Performance and Results: In FY 2001, PD&L funds were used for the following: to increase cooperation with the Japanese International Cooperation Agency (JICA) and the World Bank in the development of new programs that promote the expanded use of internet communication technology; to develop plans with several missions for programs to accelerate the application of internet technology to development challenges; to support the planning and design of new basic education programs in Afghanistan, Pakistan, Yemen, and Egypt; to assist in the analyses of the ongoing Maoist insurgency in Nepal and the roots of this conflict in order to aid the development of new program activities that will counter this growing threat to the country; to provide expertise jointly with State Department bureaus in democracy and governance to bilateral programs in order to maximize the effectiveness of available democracy/governance funding, particularly to include anti-corruption and conflict prevention in strategy designs; to assess USAID’s urban management programs in light of the urbanization trends in India, Bangladesh, Philippines, Egypt and Morocco; to initiate the development of a new agricultural strategy for the region following an analysis of agriculture-related policy and food security issues; to provide technical assistance in aquatic resource management and analyze agriculture-related policy and food security issues in ANE; to analyze and identify current exploitation practices in forests of high conservation value in Asia; to assist USAID/India to plan the development a new strategy for the microfinance sector; to present an integrated gender strategy to increase women’s opportunities in economic empowerment into ongoing and planned programs; to design new education programs in the ANE region, especially the Middle East; and to provide training on environmental regulations to strengthen environmental monitoring in the Middle East, South Asia, and East Asia.
Principal Contractors, Grantees, or Agencies: Key contractors or partners include the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Management Systems International, PricewaterhouseCoopers, DevTech, Academy for Educational Development, Johns Hopkins University, the University of Michigan, the Jorge Scientific Corporation, Abt Associates, Inc., John Snow, Inc., and Western Kentucky University.
US Financing in Thousands of Dollars
498-007 Program Development and Learning CSD CSH DA ESF Through September 30, 2000 Obligations 11,449 0 82,590 10,517 Expenditures 3,219 0 60,585 6,986 Unliquidated 8,230 0 22,005 3,531 Fiscal Year 2001 Obligations 1,539 0 10,034 0 Expenditures 1,537 0 8,037 0 Through September 30, 2001 Obligations 12,988 0 92,624 10,517 Expenditures 4,756 0 68,622 6,986 Unliquidated 8,232 0 24,002 3,531 Prior Year Unobligated Funds Obligations 2 0 1,996 0 Planned Fiscal Year 2002 NOA Obligations 0 8,450 28,135 0 Total Planned Fiscal Year 2002 Obligations 2 8,450 30,131 0 Proposed Fiscal Year 2003 NOA Obligations 0 0 42,722 0 Future Obligations 0 0 0 0 Est. Total Cost 12,990 8,450 165,477 10,517
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